Lot 234
234
AN OTTOMAN SILVER GILT MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL HOOKAH BASE, the cylindrical body with twelve vertical facets engraved with diagonal lines forming chevron motifs, the rounded shoulder with six large facets, mounted in silver gilt at neck, shoulder socket and base cast and worked with floral motifs and strapwork, probably 18th century (mounts with minor damages) associated turned wooden neck

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AN OTTOMAN SILVER GILT MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL HOOKAH BASE, the cylindrical body with twelve vertical facets engraved with diagonal lines forming chevron motifs, the rounded shoulder with six large facets, mounted in silver gilt at neck, shoulder socket and base cast and worked with floral motifs and strapwork, probably 18th century (mounts with minor damages) associated turned wooden neck
4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

In the treasury of the Topkapi Saray there is a rock crystal flask that is octagonal in section with each facet carved with lateral grooves. It is further encrusted with jewels and set in gold. This is ascribed to the seventeenth century (Rogers, pl.56). Rock crystal continued ot be carved for the Imperial court in the nineteenth century when shapes and decoration were derived from cut glass imported from Bohemia.

Rogers, J.M. and Köspoglu, C.: The Topkapi Saray Museum - The Treasury, London 1987

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